Tiger Board Logo

Donor's Den General Leaderboards TNET coins™ POTD Hall of Fame Map FAQ
search
GIVE AN AWARD
Use your TNET coins™ to grant this post a special award!
W
50
Big Brain
90
Love it!
100
Cheers
100
Helpful
100
Made Me Smile
100
Great Idea!
150
Mind Blown
150
Caring
200
Flammable
200
Hear ye, hear ye
200
Bravo
250
Nom Nom Nom
250
Take My Coins
500
Ooo, Shiny!
700
Treasured Post!
1000
YOUR BALANCE
Brake Pads.net
General Boards - The Lounge
add New Topic
Replies: 11
| visibility 654

Brake Pads.net

3
May 4, 2025, 11:34 AM
Reply

Dealer installed new brake pads on the 4Runner 21k miles ago. When I took it in for the service interval, they said the rear pads are now at 6mm. This seems sus. Is it sus?

2025 purple level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

drunk at the putt putt.


How many times you been stopping short?***

4
Feb 26, 2025, 12:14 PM
Reply



2025 free_orange level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up


It's my wife's car.

2
Feb 26, 2025, 12:15 PM
Reply

So now I have questions about who has been driving it with her.

2025 purple level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

drunk at the putt putt.


She need to quit drivin that thank like Mario Andretti

1
Feb 26, 2025, 12:21 PM
Reply

and more like Mario Andretti’s grammaw.

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Or quit braking with her left foot.***


Feb 26, 2025, 1:42 PM
Reply



2025 orange level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-fatherg-110.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: Brake Pads.net

2
May 5, 2025, 4:54 PM
Reply

If your 4Runner uses the rear brakes for traction control, and you drive it hard, that's not surprising.

I get about 25k miles out of my F-150 rear pads for this very reason.

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: Brake Pads.net

7
Feb 26, 2025, 12:22 PM
Reply

If she drives like my wife she’s approaching stop lights at 45 miles per hour and initiating a 45-0 stop about 6 feet behind the car in front of her

2025 orange level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: Brake Pads.net


Feb 26, 2025, 8:05 PM
Reply

I've never met a woman that knows 'easy on the gas and easy on the brakes'

2025 orange level memberbadge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up


4runners are pretty well known for having calipers that lock up.

2
Feb 26, 2025, 2:08 PM
Reply

A partially frozen caliper will do what you describe.

2025 white level memberbadge-donor-10yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Dis you??


Feb 26, 2025, 7:34 PM
Reply



2025 orange level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgtnet-military.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Used to be that youd go thru 2-3 sets of front pads


Feb 26, 2025, 7:43 PM
Reply

In the amount of time that 1 set of rears lasted. That seems to be ancient history now. I think traction control is part of it but I swear that they’re apportioning the brake bias rearward in modern cars and the smaller rear rotors and pads just don’t last as long as a result.

2025 orange level memberbadge-donor-20yr.jpgringofhonor-obed.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up


Re: Brake Pads.net

3
Feb 26, 2025, 10:04 PM
Reply

Well, I must confess that I am a parts store owner. Our sales of brake pads are not disproportionately rear over front. If anything they hover about 50/50. I tend to believe it’s how hard drivers apply them and how late they wait to apply them. My wife also waits until she can read the renewal sticker on license plates before braking. Also, sales tactics at dealerships are known to be suspect, especially upselling parts you don’t need.

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Replies: 11
| visibility 654
📰 E-Mail News Alerts

TigerBoard POTD

Hill Watch...118 days!!!

by O.J.

General Boards - The Lounge
add New Topic